diff --git a/.changelog/22.fixed.srt b/.changelog/22.fixed.srt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49e30c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/22.fixed.srt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed the engine resolver by path which would return a semantically valid path to a non-existing directory, preventing the resolution of the engine path with the remaining methods
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diff --git a/src/uepyscripts/internal/engine_resolver.py b/src/uepyscripts/internal/engine_resolver.py
index 4b632c1..2996f42 100644
--- a/src/uepyscripts/internal/engine_resolver.py
+++ b/src/uepyscripts/internal/engine_resolver.py
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ def resolve_engine_from_path(project: Project) -> Optional[Path]:
     if not os.path.isabs(path):
         path = (project.root_folder / path).resolve()
 
-    if os.path.isabs(path):
+    # Check path exists otherwise we could return a semantically valid path to a folder which does not exist
+    # and that would make the resolve fail without trying resolvers which are further down in the list
+    if os.path.isabs(path) and path.exists():
         return path
 
     return None